Finger cot



1944- G. B. WONG 2,363,216

FINGER COT Filed Jan. 29, 1944 Inventor {zze .25; min

By EM ner in use.

Patented Nov. 21, 1944 r UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFlCE b a V 2,363,216

1 FINGER oo'r Gene B rWong Newcastle, Calif. Application January 29,1944, Serial No. 520,292

2 Claims. 01. 294-45) The present invention relates to personal accesand the like and has reference to one which I have conveniently identified as a thumbner, the same being expressly, but not necessarily, adapted for picking up half-folded tissue wrappers from a box or container in a manner to facilitate the applicationto and wrapping around oranges and the like. 4

The surface finsh of fruit wrappers is often glossy. and when one calleduponto pick up and utilize, let us say,some fifteenthousand wrappers per day, the use of bare fingers for such purposes is indeed a task beyond the comprehension of the average person. I am aware, of course, that different types of thimbles,finger cots and stalls are known and marketed and used in other lines of endeavor. Perhaps too, someof these. devices could be-satisfactorily employed in the line. of

endeavor with which we. are here 1 concerned. However, and notwithstanding this, I have evolved and produced a simple and expedient thumbner which, to my mind, aptly functions and fulfills the requirements of the trade. 1

More specifically, I have perfected a simple an expedient thumbner composed of two pieces of rubber, one rolled into sleeve form and the other applied as a patch thereto and overlapping the paralleledges of the first-named part to provide an open-endedstallwhich is generally used on the thumb but can be, if desired, applied to. the

second fingeras is sometimes just'as advanta- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a thumb- Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the thumbner per se. l t

Figure 3 is a central cross-sectional view of the same. i

' The thumbner as a unit is denoted by the numeral 4. It is of tapered open-ended form to apply either to the thumb or the second finger l sories in the category of finger cots, finger stalls ing manufacture and-use thereof. I

lating groove.

defines a channelway which is in eifecta ventilength corresponding to the length of the main body portion 5. The latter can bea section from are available for use at this time despite the restrictions on rubber and other difficulties attend- The degree of taper is generally such that the narrower or smaller end protrudes beyond the l tect against tearingthewrapper,

The ordinary wrapper A as shown inFigure l is partly folded between its'ends as at B into half-sections C. Applying the thumbner to the thumb it is picked up infold ecl form and then slipped down over the fruit, the fruitbeing held (in the left hand and the wrapping task is completed.

The use of this simple and expedient thumbner has proved to bea boon totheuser It is of utmost simplicity and economical and constitutes" an ideal time and labor saver.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates-willbe able to obtain drawing. Therefore, a more lengthy description ment of details coming within the field of invention claimedmay be resorted to in actual practice, if desired..

Having described the inventi on, what is claimed asnewis: l l. A thumbner comprising av tubular body formed from a sheet of rubber having its side edges spaced from eachother to provide the body with a'channel extending the full length of the of therightuhand, as a general rule. It ismade up of two pieces of rubber. The first piece, which i is a rectangular blank 5 is rolled into substantially tubular form with its adjacent edges spaced apart. The working surface of, this is slightly roughened to facilitate grasping the paper. The second piece is a patch 6 superimposed upon the first piece and glued or otherwise secured to the edge portions 1. With these edge portions spaced apart the patch overlaps said edgeportions and body and open at both ends thereof, and a sec ond sheet of rubber extending along the body the outer surface of first sheet at opposite sides of the channel. l 2. A thumbner comprising a tubularbody tapered towards its frontend and formed with a extending substantially the full length of said body in bridging relation to said channel and secured in face-to-face engagement with portions of the body atopposite sides of the channel. v

GENE B. WONG.

This also allows for expansion and contraction, radially. The patch is of a 

